May 2009

May 26, 2009

While I was in New York last week I came across a great food market and just had to share it with you.

What is it about this city I love so much?? Each and every time I come through the Lincoln Tunnel into the city its as if my adrenalin takes on a path of its own and flows through each and every inch of my body. Every sense of mine is immediately heightened and ALIVE.

This food market I found is such pure eye candy .. I could gain ten pounds just looking at it.

At the entrance to the market is this great hanging upside down tree with crystals hanging from each branch ...

A wonderful entrance to food heaven...

Love the way they have put the cookies together with the lime green and yellow icing tied with orange bow.

Love the pretty cupcakes with the little daisies sitting on top....

Love, love, love all the colors....

SO ... as you can see not only do I love New York City but all that is in it too!!!!

May 23, 2009

As I had mentioned in my last blog I was on my way to the Stationery Show in New York. It is the second year we have been at the show as a exhibitor.

I must say the booths at the show are unbelievable and the imagination that has been put into some of them blows me away. This year we decided to keep our booth very pastel orientated with very calming colors. We chose beige with a very light peppermint green.

The start of our booth ( all beige and neutral) and empty!!

The two of us getting our act together after a good few hours of stringing up all the boards..

This was Warren ( my Tjomies partner putting things together for the boards we were displaying the stationery lines on)

Putting it all together - last few details on the table...

Six hours later and our booth was ready for the start of the show...

Warren and I (tired but ready for the week in NY)

To see everything we had on our boards go to our website. All of our scrapbooking kits will also be available on www.accessoriesofold.com in the next week.

May 14, 2009

After all my preparation for the New York Stationery Show this coming week, I decided to give myself a few moments break and go off to meditation this week. There is nothing like a good meditation to clear the cobwebs that have built up and free the mind. I got thinking about creativity and what it means to me. I came to the conclusion that being a creative person one definitely needs to work on letting the creativity out in any form possible...even if it is just recognising detail in small objects that one would otherwise not look at.

I have a old sample card of some buttons that was falling apart and so I have salvaged the buttons and kept them together - take a look at the detail in each and every one.

Each one has its very own design and personality..

Each one can give rise to a whole creative process that is based on that particular design.

May 13, 2009

I did mention in my last blog that the button packs are only going to be available from next month... however I have had a few requestsfrom people emailing me and asking me if the packs could be available any earlier.

So - I have put a few on my website and if you go to my website accessories of old under buttons you will find a few there already at the price of $7.00 per pack.

May 11, 2009

I love vintage buttons as do so many other millions of people out there. After having the shop for nearly two years now I am still amazed at how many people there are who collect buttons and how many still have a jar of buttons left by a grandmother that they cherish.

As part of my scrapbooking kits I have decided to make buttons packs of vintage buttons.

I have color coordinated them together and so for all the indecisive button buyers it makes it easier by color.. take a look..

I really love the designs and carvings on these casein buttons and the little glass flowers I love and use them in a lot of my work.

Love the glass white buttons - dont you??

The little boots in this picture are glass and one of my favorite. By the way most of the buttons used in the packs can be purchased on cards on my website

The packs however are not available until end of May on line. All packs will be $9.00 and will have depending on the buttons between 12 to 15 buttons per pack.

All the buttons will be part of our scrapbooking range at The New York Stationery Show that will be from May 17th to the 20th. If you are going to be at the show please come see us at our TJOMIES booth.

May 06, 2009

With the New York Stationery Show coming closer and closer we have been working on our TJOMIES scrapbooking kits along side our stationery. So, I thought it would be the perfect giveaway for this month and made this kit especially for it.

For the lucky winner of this months giveaway you will receive the following:

1 x bag of Tjomie designed tags

1 x bag of vintage swarovski flat back crystals

1 x bag of ...

assorted vintage mother of pearl buttons plus....

2 x yards of Swiss 1940's lace plus...

1 x yard of Swiss 1935 Rayon ribbon with floral detail plus....

1 x yard Swiss 1940's eyelet lace plus....

a bag of assorted vintage French sequin in leaf and flower shapes.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO WIN THIS GIVEAWAY??

Tell me who you think of your friends best deserves a gift. With the tough times we are going through in the world there must be someone out there that you would love to make happy with a suprise gift.

(You can even get your friends involved if you think you really deserve a gift and let them tell me why!!)

Whoever wins will win the kit as well as getting a suprise gift for their friend.... there is nothing better than giving and so this time its going to be a double whammy!!

May 05, 2009

Now that the NY stationery show is but a stone throw away we are getting ready with all our booth preparations for our Tjomie vintage inspired stationery line.

I decided that without a doubt we needed two chairs for all those weary feet ( believe me after standing from 9am to 6pm you will be happy to sit anywhere to rest your feet) so what better than to plaster both with our Tjomie faces!!!

I bought two simple chairs at Ikea and with a little help from Modge Podge recovered them using our business cards...

One for me.....

and one for Warrren....

Of course I had to trim them both with some of my vintage stash of novelty trim!!

For all you out there that are going to be at the show you are most welcome to come past us say hi and put your feet up for a while xxx